CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say an infant and a young child have been killed in a northwest Georgia house fire.
Glenn Allen, a spokesman for Georgia's fire marshal, tells The Associated Press there were five children and two adults in the Walker County home when the blaze broke out shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Allen said the parents were able to get three of the children out of the house, but an 8-month-old infant and a 6-year-old child were killed.
Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson tells The Chattanooga Times Free Press that the parents believe the fire started after the mother lit a candle.
Allen said the exact cause was not yet known early Tuesday.
Allen said the fire happened in the Chickamauga area, about 15 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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